[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       linux-fai
Subject:    Re: Cannot get through PXE boot: dracut duplicate address problem
From:       Christian Meyer <c2h5oh () web ! de>
Date:       2017-08-18 16:13:57
Message-ID: 4B5106DA-558F-4965-A19A-527BE4B15039 () web ! de
[Download RAW message or body]


Hello Nat,

I had a similar problem some time ago. I don't remember the exact dracut message. It \
has been a switch that had a static IP adress configured but windows dhcp server \
didn't know about that and gave that IP to my FAI client, too.  Solution was to \
configure windows dhcp server. 

Christian 


Am 18. August 2017 15:41:19 MESZ, schrieb Thomas Lange \
<lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>:
> > > > > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:06:29 -0700, Nat Sincheler
> <fai1107@macrotex.net> said:
> 
> > (I realize this is not strictly speaking an FAI issue, but I am
> hoping 
> > that one you FAI users has a solution.)
> 
> > We are trying to install the old Debian wheezy on a Dell PE 620 using
> 
> > FAI. The first step is the PXE boot where the wheezy bootstrap image
> is 
> > downloaded from our tftp server. The boot image downloads and gets
> quite 
> > far along. However, about 3 or 4 minutes into the PXE boot we see
> this 
> > error message and then the boot stops:
> 
> > dracut Warning: Duplicate address detected for X.X.X.X while doing
> dhcp. 
> > retrying
> > dracut Warning: could not boot.
> 
> First which dracut version are you using?
> add rd.debug to see more debug output of dracut. Also read man
> dracut.cmdline to see if more options help you debug the problem.
> If dracut stops and drops you into a rescue shell you have some
> commands to check you network settings.


["pEpkey.asc" (application/pgp-keys)]

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]